--- title: why'd the mum say green is good for the eyes, that's so random — Andersen's Tales, The Ugly Duckling, p… · tree and pragmatics description: why'd the mum say green is good for the eyes, that's so random Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1011 «Andersen's Tales, The Ugly Duckling, part 1: the ducklings hatch under the burdock leaves» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1011-pg27200-part222/t5/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Andersen's Tales, The Ugly Duckling, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1011-pg27200-part222/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Ugly Duckling, part 1: the ducklings… why'd the mum say green is good for the eyes, that's so random **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mum, that · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** green · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1011 «Andersen's Tales, The Ugly Duckling, part 1: the ducklings hatch under the burdock leaves» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1011-pg27200-part222/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1011-pg27200-part222:t5:1 # text = why'd the mum say green is good for the eyes, that's so random 1 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd 'd PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 6 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 obj _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 15 so so ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 random random ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the mum | green | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent green=Topic | | 2 | **is** | present | | | | | | for the eyes; good *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | present | that | | | | | random *property* | tree rules | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} it's to help them see the colours ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1011-pg27200-part222:t5:o1:1 # text = it's to help them see the colours 1 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 colours colour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | it | | | | | help *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | infinitive | | the colours | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer colour=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} it just is, lol ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1011-pg27200-part222:t5:o2:1 # text = it just is, lol 1 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 just just ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 lol lol INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | present | it | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} it's an old idea that it rests your eyes ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1011-pg27200-part222:t5:o3:1 # text = it's an old idea that it rests your eyes 1 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 rests rest VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl _ _ 9 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | it | a old idea | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **rest** | present | idea | your eyes | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location eye=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} they just like looking at green things ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1011-pg27200-part222:t5:o4:1 # text = they just like looking at green things 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 just just ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 3 like like SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 4 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | gerund | they | | | | | at green things | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at thing=Theme | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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